08-03-2013, 04:02 PM
Hello Quinton
I think some of the equipment from 'A.D.' turned up again in the Polish version of 'Quo Vadis', 2000, which also boasts an excellent set of horse trappings based on the set in the British Museum, seen when Petronius confronts the mob after the fire of Rome. The Coolus helmets appear to have been reused as well as a few of the leather lorica that I mentioned previously.
One of the auxiliary helmets with hair style decoration from 'A.D'. was used by the leading gladiator in the BBC documentary 'Colosseum: A Gladiator's Story', 2003 with a convincing Titus and his daughter (?) Julia. His opponent in the final battle in the arena wears a helmet with an even older pedigree, as it is a survivor from 'The Fall of the Roman Empire', 1963!
Graham.
I think some of the equipment from 'A.D.' turned up again in the Polish version of 'Quo Vadis', 2000, which also boasts an excellent set of horse trappings based on the set in the British Museum, seen when Petronius confronts the mob after the fire of Rome. The Coolus helmets appear to have been reused as well as a few of the leather lorica that I mentioned previously.
One of the auxiliary helmets with hair style decoration from 'A.D'. was used by the leading gladiator in the BBC documentary 'Colosseum: A Gladiator's Story', 2003 with a convincing Titus and his daughter (?) Julia. His opponent in the final battle in the arena wears a helmet with an even older pedigree, as it is a survivor from 'The Fall of the Roman Empire', 1963!
Graham.
"Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream" Edgar Allan Poe.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.